Graduate Conference in Language and Literature 2006,University of Louisiana (Lafayette)April 29th, 2006The theme for 2006 is Reading Culture: Text andCommunity at the Crossroads.Where do textual worlds and the world as textintersect?We welcome papers in all areas of English, includingbut not limited to folklore, literature (all areas andperiods), literary theory and criticism,linguistics,rhetoric, and pedagogy. Creative writing submissionsand panel submissions will also be considered. Thekeynote speaker will be American Folklore SocietyFellow, Fulbright Distinguished Scholar and AlceeFortier Award winner Carl Lindahl of the University ofHouston, author of Swapping Stories: Folktales fromLouisiana.

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Graduate Conference on Language and LiteratureDepartment of EnglishPO Box 44691University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, LA 70504-4691

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